Portland, Maine: Lots of Lobstah

My sister is similar to me in the fact she has an adventurous spirt. This spontaneous (and short) trip was in inspired at church. Our conversation was simple 

Her: You're off work this week?

Me: Yes. 

Her: Where are you going?

Me: Nowhere. 

Her:  You should go somewhere. I want to go somewhere, and I can this week. Let's go somewhere. 

Me: Wanna go to Maine and eat a lobster?  

Her: Sure. I've never been to Maine. 

Then after church I went to her house, and we booked a flight. It all happened pretty fast, but so does life so sometimes you just have to do things.  Even if it costs you more money than you intend on spending. Even if you have things to do in your own house. Sometimes you just have to go. 

So, we went to Maine. We flew into Portland, and it was dark, so we didn't see much. A lot of things close early as well, so there were only a couple of places with food open. In addition to its being late there was a basketball game playing, and everyone was watching so the bars serving food were packed. We did end up getting some really delicious food. It was like extra fancy bar food, curried wings, Brussel sprouts, and fries that had some really amazing seasoning. 

The next day we walked around Portland a little bit. We found a place with Lobster rolls, oh my. Lobster Rolls are basically lobster with sauce on a toasted hot dog bun.   

For dinner we went to Luke's Lobster and had a whole Lobster. They pull them out the ocean that day so they are super fresh. There is instructions on how to crack it. Our server brough it already taken apart. "Lazy Lobster" she called it. We were intending on doing it ourselves, so this was a major disappointment. She said people keep breaking the lobster crackers, which seems odd that they wouldn't have an overabundance of them considering its a lobster place. 

One more thing, the pier can be dangerous, wood is uneven and it's been there a long time. There are some holes and bolts that stick up. BE careful walking around.